Title:
Turning Unexploited Food Waste into Biomethane Distributed through Local Filling Stations Networks
Author(s):
Rutz, D., Ribić, B., Mergner, R., Ugalde J. M., Janssen, R., Hadžic, A., Mijić, G., Pukšec, P., Duić , N., Zweiler, R., Doczekal, C., Novakovits, P., Gruevska, A., Antevski, G., Chaloski, M., Mitkovski, D., Ikonomova Martinovska, C., Cvetkovska, E., Morales, I., Cañaveral, G., Ladrón de Guevara, C., Bel, J.B., Craddock, F.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
The purpose of this work is to promote the use of unexploited food waste as feedstock for biomethane production in Europe.In the EU around 90 million tonnes of food waste are produced annually, or around 180 kg/person. Although the use of food waste for biogas production has multiple benefits, 40% of bio-waste in the EU still goes to landfills. In some Member States this waste is almost completely landfilled. An estimation is that about one-third of Europe`s 2020 targets for renewable energy in transport could be met by using biogas produced from bio-waste (including food waste), and around 2% of the EU`s overall renewable energy target could be met if all bio-waste were turned into energy.Modern and environmentally friendly waste management is still not introduced in many European cities and regions. This problem is tackled by the Bin2Grid project which promotes the "food waste to biomethane" concept in four large European cities in order to serve as flagship examples for other cities.The objective of the Bin2Grid project is to support biomethane production and its use in transport by using segregated food waste from the food and beverage industry, catering sector, and from households as feedstock. Focus of the Bin2Grid project is on the development of value chain concepts for four European cities: Zagreb (Croatia), Skopje (Macedonia), Malaga (Spain), and Paris (France). The Bin2Grid project highlights the multiple environmental benefits of source-separate waste collection and conversion of that feedstock into biomethane, in comparison to other treatment methods (landfilling, incineration, MBT, composting). A Benchmark Tool as well as an economic calculation tool was developed by the project and is presented in this paper.
Keywords:
anaerobic digestion, biogas, municipal solid waste (MSW), biomethane, food waste, food industry, source separated waste, catering services, beverage industry
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Municipal and industrial wastes
Event:
24th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
1BV.4.102
Pages:
283 - 289
ISBN:
978-88-89407-165
Paper DOI:
10.5071/24thEUBCE2016-1BV.4.102
Price:
FREE
